New projects are projects obligated for the first time in a particular fiscal year. Total obligations includes new obligations for new projects, new obligations for previously obligated projects (projects funded over more than one fiscal year), and deobligations for previously obligated projects (funded in one or more previous fiscal years, but final costs are lower than the original estimated cost). Therefore, dividing total obligations by new projects does not provide a meaningful result.

These figures show projects coded as bicycle and pedestrian projects. FMIS does not have separate codes for pedestrian-only or bicycle-only projects.

Projects coded as a bicycle/pedestrian projects usually are independent bicycle/pedestrian projects. The obligations above probably exclude many bicycle/pedestrian components of larger highway projects. Therefore, actual Federal-aid obligations for bicycle and pedestrian facilities are larger, but not quantifiable.

Note: The following table presents State-reported spending (rounded to the nearest dollar) on pedestrian and bicycle facilities and programs during fiscal years 1999 to 2003. It is critical to note that not all States follow the same reporting procedures, so the table is not a complete representation of actual spending in States. For example, some States report only spending on independent bicycle and pedestrian projects or programs, but not on facilities that are constructed as part of a larger project. By comparison, some States report all aspects of bicycle and pedestrian-related spending, regardless of whether the facility is embedded in a larger project or is an independent project or program. Readers are strongly discouraged from using this table to draw comparisons between individual States' spending patterns without understanding how each State reports spending.